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How Community College Managers Assess Readiness of Technical Employees Transitioning into Middle Management: An Exploratory Case Study
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Christina L. Wynn – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Through the lens of the leadership identify development theory (LIDT), this exploratory case study addressed how managers in Northeastern community colleges assessed management readiness and the systems in place for the growth and development of technical employees who move into managerial roles. The study consisted of open-ended interviews with…
Descriptors: Middle Management, Community Colleges, Career Readiness, Management Development
The College Deanship: A New Middle Management in Higher Education
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Roaden, Arliss L. – Theory Into Practice, 1970
Descriptors: Administrator Role, College Administration, Deans, Higher Education
From Manager into Coach.
Geber, Beverly – Training, 1992
Self-directed work teams need coaches, not managers. The process of turning middle managers into coaches involves sensitivity, negotiation, and training in adjusting to the new role. (SK)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Change Strategies, Management Development, Middle Management
Sources and Information on Midlevel Managers in the Community College.
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Foote, Elizabeth – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1999
Offers information from the ERIC database regarding midlevel managers and their training needs. Includes research findings, advice for chairs, and descriptions of professional-development programs. (VWC)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Community Colleges, Leadership, Leadership Training
Training of Local-Level Administrative Personnel in National Literacy Programmes. Methodological Report of a Training Workshop (Nazareth, Ethiopia, November 20-30, 1981).
Bordia, A.; Carron, G. – 1982
Intended as a guide for other field operational training programs, this paper reports the organization and conduct of a workshop held in Nazareth (Ethiopia) November 20-30, 1981, for 35 local-level administrators of literacy programs in five African nations (Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe). According to the authors, the organizers…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Case Studies, Developing Nations, Field Instruction
Understanding Managerial Leadership as More Than an Oxymoron.
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Yamasaki, Erika – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1999
Asserts that although popular and academic literature often distinguish leadership from management, the complex nature of the chair position requires competency in both areas. Chairs must not only fill administrative tasks, but they must also empower colleagues. Discusses how leadership theories can assist midlevel managers in becoming managerial…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Community Colleges, Leadership, Leadership Training
Management Training in the Arabian Gulf Area: Issues for Western Trainers.
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Martin, Shan – Group and Organization Studies, 1982
Describes experiences in assisting native management trainers in Bahrain improve management training programs. Discusses characteristics of people and organizations, program design, relationships with resident trainers, training preferences and learning styles of managers, and language and communication. (RC)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Cognitive Style, Cross Cultural Training, Foreign Countries
A Lesson for American Managers: Learning from Japanese Experiences in the U.S.
Nosow, Sigmund – National Productivity Review, 1984
Research finds that, in Japanese-owned plants in America, efforts are made to bring the system around slowly to a Japanese management style through acculturation, communication, and training. Problems engendered by these efforts emerge particularly at the middle management levels. Barriers to corporate unity are far fewer at the plant level. (CT)
Descriptors: Acculturation, Administrator Role, Cultural Differences, Employee Attitudes
Forging Institutional Links: Making Quality Circles Work in the U.S.
Cole, Robert E.; Tachiki, Dennis S. – National Productivity Review, 1984
The authors discuss the top three problems reported to hinder the spread of quality circles and evaluate selected solutions to them. The top problems include middle management resistance, lack of top management support, and employee resistance or apathy. Solutions discussed include social recognition and economic rewards. (CT)
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Employee Attitudes, Employer Attitudes
Making Managers within Post-Compulsory Education: Policy, Performativity and Practice
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Mulcahy, Dianne – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2004
The roles and expectations of managers in the Australian vocational education and training (VET) sector are changing under dynamically complex conditions. The adoption of a more "open" national training market as a government policy initiative has led to significant changes within VET providers and significant challenges for VET managers. This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Administrator Role, Expectation, Vocational Education